Saturday, January 28, 2012

The theme for week 4 is icy.
Here is my rendition of icy. Blue ice sparkling over an icy sparkling crystal.
It's hard to tell in the photo, but the crystal has a gorgeous AB glow that captures as much light as possible.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The theme for week 3 is wonderland.
I've created a bright and happy bracelet filled with all sorts of pretty flowers.
I used both glass and lucite flowers and glass cube beads for the bracelet.
Swarovski beads add a bit of sparkle.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

The theme for week 2 is "Let's do it again". Since I my first week used black, pink and white I decided to use the same colors again. This week though I made a tubular pendant and used a 30" black chain following this year's long necklace fashion.

I was surprised and pleased to find I had black chain chunky enough for the look I wanted and thin enough to go through the tube.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

I finished another dishcloth/wash cloth. again using 100% cotton yarn.
I actually didn't complete the entire pattern but finished the piece early.
I did NOT like the stitch, too much purling and cross overs. It just wasn't fun.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

This first weeks theme is 'New Beginnings'.
Beading a stone into a pendant is something I haven't tried on my own. My only other experience with creating pendants was in a class I took. This pendant I worked on my own, a new beginning for me. My first thought was to just created a necklace for the stone, then I realized I was ready to create a pendant.

I love the white stripe across the stolid black stone. I used pink and silver to create a strong impact that the black calls for.

Sunday, January 01, 2012

I belong to the yahoo group Ohio Creative Women and rather than make the standard resolutions to lose weight and exercise more (things we should do whether it's Jan 1 or not) we are challenged to resolve to try something new this year, something that we have never done before.

I love this idea.

For 2012 I resolve to:

Cook at least one dish a month that I haven't tried before

Visit a city I haven't been to before

Learn how to take manual pictures using a digital SLR

Begin beading with cabachons

Knit a pair of socks

Complete the Year of Jewelry Project

Complete the Bead Journal Project

These may sound simple but are definite challenges for me.
And yes, I also have resolved to:

Eat healthier - walk away from sugar and bad carbs

Take more pictures

Blog more

Complete all my reading challenges which amounts to 100+ books

I love new beginnings. I love fresh starts.
January 1 just seems like a good place for starting again.